abraham lincoln suspended habeas corpus, jerry ford had to outlaw assassinations because when he became president he found out there was a recommendation to assassinate fidel castro. so we do make mistakes. and the fact that the president-- yes t is-- we don't put americans into con bat situation, they're not combat situation. the fact that neighborhoods in yemen are being hit by drones is known by the people in the neighborhoods in yemen. that's no secret to them. it's been a secret to us. and i just think the failure to debate that has been a failure of us in the press but a failure of political leadership as well. >> woodruff: and this accusation that the president is guilty of hypocrisy because of what he said during the campaign, what said early in his presidency, is that a fair -- >> it's a fair-- i think the president has to make the case. i mean you know, because he certainly, his position now is entirely different. david's right. he has a different responsibility now than he had then. and it is kind of neat. and you don't have the civilian casualties that you do when are you bo